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Rock Hudson Biography

Rock Hudson(Roy Harold Scherer)actorBorn: 11/17/1925Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois Film and television actor best remembered as a romantic leading man and for his stunning good looks. His…

Calls

Calls"Come, Jo, it's time.""For what?""You don't mean to say you have forgotten that you promised to make half a dozen calls with me today?""I've done a good many rash and foolish things in…

Jo's Journal

Jo's JournalNew York, NovemberDear Marmee and Beth,I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got heaps to tell, though I'm not a fine young lady traveling on the continent. When I…

Lazy Laurence

Lazy LaurenceLaurie went to Nice intending to stay a week, and remained a month. He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy's familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the…

rock garden

(Encyclopedia) rock garden, garden planned around natural rock formations or rocks artificially arranged to simulate natural (often mountainous) conditions. The concept of rock gardens is believed to…

Little America

(Encyclopedia) Little America, base for Antarctic exploring expeditions, Antarctica, on the Ross Ice Shelf, S of the Bay of Whales. Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. explorer, established and named Little…

Little Belt

(Encyclopedia) Little Belt: see Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, straits, Denmark.

Little Bighorn

(Encyclopedia) Little Bighorn, river, c.90 mi (145 km) long, rising in the Bighorn Mts., N Wyo., and flowing north to join the Bighorn River in S Mont. On June 25–26, 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne…

Little Current

(Encyclopedia) Little Current, town (1991 pop. 1,511), S Ont., Canada, on N Manitoulin island, on North Channel of Lake Huron. A port and a popular yachting resort, it has rail connections with the…